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Posted on 06/25/2009 6:51:19 PM PDT by Gomez
Former Queens Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio faces 14 years in prison after pleading guilty to taking secret payments from Jamaica Hospital officials.
In a booming voice, the tough-on-crime Democrat put the finishing touches on a 30-year legislative career with three words: "Guilty, your honor."
"I knew that my conduct was illegal and wrong, your honor," Seminerio told Manhattan Federal Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald on Wednesday.
Seminerio, 74, resigned his seat representing Queens' 38th District Tuesday.
Manhattan federal prosecutors say he pocketed more than $1 million in consulting fees by promising hospitals, nonprofits and others inside access in Albany.
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... he’ll probably loose out on his pension, too!
"I'll take the second sentence for $ 200, Alex."
Please include links to any material you post.
Must have spelled democrat wrong when I searched.
I’ll slink out of this thread now.
A crooks a crook but this one really hurts. Tony, who is a Democrat, was more of a Republican than most of the empty suits now in the Republican party in Albany.
He was Pro-Life, Pro-Death Penalty, extremely tough on crime and nothing like his Rat compatriots in the Assembly. Tony’s problem is he got nailed with his hand in the till-something almost every Democrat politician is also doing except they are strict party-line voters. Someone once said that believing too much in politicians can only wind up breaking your heart-this is a good example.
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At 71, with an 11-to-14 year sentence, he won’t need a pension.
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